We all know how important it is to have a tongue weight of 10% - 15% of the trailer weight but how many actually weight the tongue of their fully loaded camper trailer? Different trips & different loads do alter the weight somewhat.

Hi Eagle,
Our 19 foot Tag-a-long feels great with or without the ATV... it tows nice, no sway, no whip, and the truck steers and stops normally... However, when you load a 500# ATV, I make sure the water tank is full and extra supplies are packed forward of the axles...

For safety and my own personal information, I've weighed my pickup and camper when fully loaded for a trip and the pickup alone so know the weights....but didn't know the tongue weight loaded. The Sherline scale found in ebay was very economical with low starting bid;, threw in a bid that was the only one! Now I know and have even less concern about overloading than ever.

I believe that you have gone the correct direction and recommend that route to trailer owners. I haven't because of a number of excuses, but should change my habits and learn the actual dry and loaded weights...